Google, what were you thinking? — I'm very proud of the business that we've created here at Mocality, but I'm especially proud of two things: — Our crowdsourcing program. When we started this business, we knew that (unlike in the UK or US, where you can just kickstart your directory business …

FTC Said to Expand Antitrust Probe to Add Google+ Service — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expanding its antitrust probe of Google Inc. (GOOG), the world's most popular search engine, to include scrutiny of its new Google+ social networking service, according to two people familiar with the situation.

ITC: Motorola does not violate Apple patents — The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Motorola's Droid smartphones do not violate three Apple patents, dealing a blow to Apple's legal offensive against the Android smartphone ecosystem. — The ruling is preliminary …

Author of U.S. online piracy bill vows not to buckle — (Reuters) - The lawmaker behind a bill to combat online piracy vowed on Thursday to press ahead in the face of fierce criticism from Internet giants such as Google and Facebook. — “It is amazing to me that the opponents apparently …

Snapshot of the computer market, with and without iPad — If tablets are computers, Apple's share of the global market now dwarfs its competitors — Click to enlarge. Source: Deutsche Bank — Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore came away from this year's Consumer Electronics Show …

Uber car impounded, driver ticketed in city sting — The D.C. Taxicab Commission is wasting no time showing Uber, the hybrid taxi-limousine service, who's boss. An Uber car was impounded and its driver was ticketed this morning as part of a sting operation, said the commission chairman, Ron Linton.

New York City gets a Software Engineering High School — This fall New York City will open The Academy for Software Engineering, the city's first public high school that will actually train kids to develop software. The project has been a long time dream of Mike Zamansky …

Enterprise Data Software Company Splunk Files For $125M IPO — Splunk, an enterprise data company; has filed its S-1 to go public. In the offering, Splunk aims to raises as much as $125 million. The company will list under the symbol “SPLK.” — Splunk is a provider of intelligence software used …